9.30-11.00 UTC | Climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: new paradigms for infectious diseases & health systems

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Identifying the climate sensitivity of infectious diseases: a conceptual framework

Prof Rachel Lowe (ICREA Research Professor and Global Health Resilience Group Leader, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre)

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Climate Shocks as a Growing Pediatric Health Emergency in Pakistan: A Call to Action

Dr Zainab Hafeez (Department of Pediatrics, Nishtar Medical University and Hospital, Pakistan)

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Building Climate Resilience in Health Systems: A Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in a rural hospital in Chad

Alexandre Robert (Senior Health Project Manager, Climate Action Accelerator)

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Knowledge and beliefs about climate change and emerging infectious diseases in Bangladesh: implications for a One Health approach

Dr Siddikur Rahman (Department of Statistics, Begum Rokeya University, Bangladesh)

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Bridging communities of practice: lessons from the Humanitarian Health Research Forum on climate, crisis and collaboration

Dr Carrie Ngongo (Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington)

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11.15-11.45 UTC | Collective discussion forum: what is needed to accelerate climate & health integration?

• Open discussion: join and share your thoughts, questions or insights in this open and collegial forum for a collective brainstorm and discussion - all from every discipline and at every experience level welcome! 

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12.00-13.15 UTC | Climate Resilience in Tropical Disease-Endemic Communities: Local Solutions, Global Lessons

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From local action to global advocacy in climate & health

Mara Scherner (Advocacy Officer for Global Health R&D, DSW)

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Community-led initiatives to address health challenges posed by climate change: the Local Solutions Campus

Daouda Diouf (Head of Climate Action and Health Resilience, Foundation S The Sanofi Collective)

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Neglected Tropical Diseases R&D at the Crossroads of Climate and Health

Rittika Datta (Policy Advocacy Manager, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, DNDi)

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Reporting from the Margins: Telling the Climate–Health Story from the Ground Up

Soraya Aybar Laafou (Director at África Mundi)

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13.30-15.00 UTC | From Data to Action: Integrating Climate Intelligence into Disease and Vectors Surveillance

 

Seasonality and mycobacterial infectious diseases in animals and humans: is there a generality of seasonal patterns for mycobacterial infections?

Carlos A. Vargas Campos (PhD Candidate, Clinical Medicine & Public Health, University of Granada, Spain)

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Climate change and its impact on spatial and temporal distribution of visceral leishmaniasis transmission risk in Nepal

Dr Bipin Kumar Acharya (Research Fellow, Planetary Health Research Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal)

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Bridging ecology and public health: the scientific and policy value of integrated decision tools

Dr Váleri Vásquez (Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biology and Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University) 

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Risk assessment and mitigation evaluation of future yellow fever outbreaks under different climate scenarios: Insight from a case study of Brazil

Dr Marco Tosato (Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Canada)

Mosquito Vector Range Shifts: Widespread Expansions and Evidence Gaps in Climate Attribution

Dr Kelsey Lyberger (Assistant Professor, CISA School of Applied Sciences and Arts; Arizona State University)

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